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Multimode non-standard universal serial bus computer input device

US6813650B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1999
Grant dateNov 2, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0238
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system enabled with a Universal Serial Bus data communication interface and a USB enabled input device, such as a computer keyboard, capable of operating in a standard USB mode or in one or more non-standard USB modes. Also disclosed is a method of communicating between the input device and the computer's application program while the device is operating in each mode and a method for switching between operating modes.

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